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Study Finds Evidence Gaps Among Functional Capacity Assessment Tools Used Before Elective Surgeries

A scoping review of studies evaluating the performance of functional capacity (measure of a patient’s cardiopulmonary fitness) assessment tools administered before elective non-cardiac surgery found that prior research has overwhelmingly focused...
5-Nov-2024 2:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Alarming Increase in Alcohol Use During Pandemic Persists

A population-based study of adults aged 18 and older found that alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and was sustained post pandemic.
5-Nov-2024 2:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Policies Assuring Safe Practice by Late-Career Physicians Vary Widely Among Health Care Organizations

A mixed-methods study found that variations in policies developed to assure safe practice by late-career physicians (LCPs) makes it difficult for these programs to reach their full potential.
29-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Researchers Report First Published Case of a Patient with Treatment-Emergent Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Who Showed a Remarkable Response to an Anti-HER2 Antibody-Drug Conjugate

A new case report published in Annals of Internal Medicine describes the success of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) in a patient with HER2-expressing treatment-emergent...
29-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Patients Outside Metropolitan Areas Often Travel Significantly More Than 20 Minutes for Primary Care Visit

A cross-sectional study of U.S. healthcare utilization survey data provided a nationally representative measure of patient travel patterns across provider types.
29-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Weight Loss Interventions Associated with Improvements in Several Symptoms of PCOS

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) found that weight-loss interventions were associated with improvements in some polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) symptoms, including improvement in menstrual frequency, and could be...
29-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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VA and DoD Publish Revised Headache Treatment Advice to Include Recently Approved Therapeutics

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) have updated their clinical practice guidelines for the management of headache to include several treatments recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
22-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Up to half of Medicare beneficiaries lack financial resources to pay for a single hospital stay

A nationally representative study of Medicare beneficiaries with modest incomes found that up to half of them may not have sufficient funds to cover out-of-pocket costs associated with a single hospital stay.
22-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Commentary: Newest vaccination recommendations provide more protection against RSV

5-Sep-2023 2:00 PM EDT

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Does this patient need an antibiotic? Imaging? Physicians discuss diagnosis and treatment strategy for patient with diverticulitis

In a new Annals ‘Beyond the Guidelines’ feature, two gastroenterologists with expertise in acute diverticulitis debate CT scanning for diagnosis, antibiotics for treatment, colonoscopy to screen for underlying malignancy, and elective surgery to...
6-Jun-2023 2:00 PM EDT

Physician “gun lover” offers suggestions for safer Second Amendment

Michael Rose, MD, MPH, is a proud gun owner, hunter, and native North Dakotan who practices medicine in the heart of Baltimore. Dr. Rose understands how his personal and professional lives may seem at odds with one another. But in a new personal...
23-Aug-2022 2:05 PM EDT

Experts Offer Guidance for Healthcare Workers Caring for Patients with Suspected Monkeypox Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

10-Jun-2022 4:05 PM EDT

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